GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| colloquy | conversation |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| thespian | actor |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |